METALLICA STORIES

'Metallica had been the first of the genre to sign a major label deal (with Elektra in America). 

The first to hook up with big management (Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein).

Now they were also the first to get the opportunity to work with one of the metal greats.

It all opened doors, not only for them, but also for other bands of the genre.'

'From the start, Cliff Burton showed he was his own man, unprepared to compromise without good reason. For instance, he was unwilling to relocate from San Francisco to LA, where Metallica were then based – he persuaded THEM to move.'

'When they weren’t playing guitars together, they were playing poker.

‘We’d go out and play poker for eight hours straight after being up for twenty-four hours,’ '

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